- The social networking site Bebo is making another comeback in a few weeks’ time.
- This is “an entirely new site developed by the original founders”.
- Originally the website was one of the largest social media platforms in the world.
If you are old enough to remember when you could only log into Facebook with a university email account, you are probably old enough to remember Bebo. Before social media was dominated by Facebook and Twitter, it was one of the most popular websites on the internet.
Over the years, the platform lost its power and changed hands several times. First, AOL bought it. Then AOL sold it and then it was sold again. It switched from a social media platform to a chat platform to a streaming platform and so on and so forth.
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However, now it seems that it is returning to its roots. According to the site’s front page, the 2021 iteration of Bebo will be “an entirely new site developed by the original founders”. Those founders would be Michael and Xochi Birch, the couple who created the location in their Bay Area home in 2005.
Unfortunately the site is currently in private beta. To gain access and see how this Bebo is different from the others, you need a password. This is likely only available to a select audience.
It’s unclear whether they mean business or not, but the Birches confirm that former President Donald Trump has been banned from the network.